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Spectroscopic imaging using variable angle excitation from adiabatic plane‐rotation pulses
Author(s) -
Hendrich Kristy,
Garwood Michael,
Merkle Hellmut,
Uǧurbil Kâmil
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910190244
Subject(s) - adiabatic process , excitation , rotation (mathematics) , signal (programming language) , optics , pulse (music) , nuclear magnetic resonance , plane (geometry) , materials science , atomic physics , electromagnetic coil , physics , flip angle , magnetic resonance imaging , mathematics , geometry , computer science , medicine , radiology , quantum mechanics , detector , thermodynamics , programming language
The technique of chemical‐shift (spectroscopic) imaging has been implemented using a variable angle adiabatic plane‐rotation pulse for small angle excitation over the entire sensitive volume of a surface coil. Optimum signal‐to‐noise ratio per unit time is obtained in applications where the pulse repetition rate is fast relative to 1/5 T 1 . © 1991 Academic Press, Inc.